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18. Unbearable Edible Rice

Li Shi felt frustrated when he heard this. Since he ascended the throne, he felt that the truth was "it is difficult to do in the world" for the first time. The disobedience of Chen Shaoyou and Li Zhengji, the military chaos in Anxi camp, and the controversy between Liang Chongyi and Li Xilie, the controversy between him and Liang Chongyi and Li Xilie, and he suppressed himself so hard that he could not breathe. How should he choose?

The most important thing is how big and how long will the subjects make for me?

But at this time, Tan Zhizhong suddenly started to cry. Li Shi only thought that Gao Yue was sad for his savings. He sighed and said, "I know that Gao Yue's Taishan is Cui Ning. He has been guarding Xichuan for so many years, and his family's wealth is more than one trillion yuan. He is afraid that he will set an example for his colleagues because he will not be too sad."

"No, the reason why I cry is not only because of Gao Shiyu, but...ah!" Tan Zhizhong said, kneeling down, unable to suppress his emotions anymore, stretching his neck, full of blue veins, and shouting: "Everyone... Everyone in the palace to suppress the rebellion and save cars, horses and food, the kings handed over their salaries, concubines, and princesses sewing the spring clothes of the frontline soldiers. But, do you know, there are some things you are in the deep palace, and you are afraid that you don't know everything about the outside world... When I think about it, I can't control myself, and it's not worth it for you!"

Li Shi only thought Tan was wronged for Liu Yan, who was detained in the Censorate, and couldn't help but look at this person with disgust. When he was about to scold him, Tan Zhizhong fell on his body, tears flowing like a spring, clenched his fists, shrugged his shoulders and sobbed. The words he said made Li Shi suddenly terrified:

"Everyone, you issued an edict to reduce the food and clothing in the palace. The imperial concubines, princesses, kings, and palace people have done it. Many loyal and righteous scholars in the outer court have also done it. Princess Tang'an distributed half of the board to Gao Shiyu, and the princess would go hungry at night. But everyone, the old slave lives in the outer wall of Chang'an, and some things that make people feel heartbroken are seen with their own eyes. If there is any falsehood, everyone can kill the old slave on the spot."

Li Shi is not a fool, and he immediately understood what Tan Zhizhong said.

Suddenly, the smell that the emperor felt in his heart was as disgusting as eating dozens of blue flies in one breath.

Blood surged from Li Shi's chest, carrying sour water, flowed through his throat, and rushed to his forehead, ears, and even eyes, the emperor's hand, was shaking violently, his lips trembled twice, and a line of words rolled out from his throat: "Empress Tan, what do you mean..."

Tan Zhizhong's head knocked on the floor several times, full of tears, "Since the great emperor of Ruiwen and Shengwu, the great officials of Zhuzi in the South Yai have always said that the country was destroyed by military generals and the central officials, but now everyone knows that the military generals are fighting on the front line without spring clothes, and the central officials cannot eat enough in the palace. Even everyone and Princess Tang'an are hungry. What are the families of those Nan Yai doing?"

"Tan Zhizhong!" the emperor roared.

Tan Zhizhong hurriedly called for death and kept kowtowing.

Next, Li Shi, who was uneasy, took his hands behind his back and quickly walked back and forth a few steps, "Call Huo Zhongtang!"

The next day, the emperor announced the abolition of the court meeting and asked the Censorate to continue to detain Liu Yan, waiting for the three departments to be in place before the trial was resolved.

In the Censorate Prison, Liu Yan sat there, and the sunlight from the window shone on his gray hair, "Thank you..." Liu Yan took the paper bag delivered by Lu Qi.

After opening it, there were still two steamed beans inside, arranged neatly.

"Liu Pushe will eat it quickly, I won't be able to eat it tomorrow."

"Old Hu'er can't continue to do it?"

Lu Qi nodded, "The political situation is like this now. Don't talk about the old Hu'er who is a furnace pusher. Even the third-rank dynasty is still helpless."

Liu Yan didn't say anything, chewing steamed beans slowly...

At this time, Yang Yan stood outside the door of Zichen Hall, and wanted to continue urging Liu Yan to convict. But the envoy of the gate told him that because Liu Yan was a veteran of the four dynasties and had made contributions to the country, Your Majesty stopped the court this day and wanted to think about how to punish him.

Yang Yan stood outside the closed door, but he could not settle down in his heart, but he had no choice but to wander.

But what he didn't know was that Li Shi was not in the palace at this time. Yesterday, Tan Zhizhong's words were too stimulating to him. Today, he wore a black folded scarf, a white zither shirt, and a green half-arm. Tang An and Huo Zhongtang were dressed as young servants behind him, following each other and walking on the streets of Chang'an City.

Nowadays, the neighbors in this capital can really be said to go wherever they think.

But the scene that was visible made Li Shi happy at all: Xingdaofang was originally a prosperous area with dense residences, as well as Buddhist temples, women's crowns and large theaters, but now in late spring, they are lifeless. There are only a few people, like rats in the daytime, rushing across the streets in horror, and then close the door.

After walking through several yards, he came to Liu Yan's house. Li Shi quietly stayed outside the wall that was collapsed and looked inside with weeds. He saw that Liu Yan's family was not decorated. His wife was a wife. Li Shi had seen him during the hajj. At this time, he was crying and wearing a coarse cloth skirt. He must have been worried about his husband. While crying, he used a wooden fork to hit the poplar leaves in the courtyard. It seemed that he wanted to collect the dead leaves on it to make a fire and cook.

Seeing this, Li Shi's heart was filled with indescribable emotions.

"Huo Zhongtang, let's go to Daozhengfang now."

Daozhengfang is the location of Yang Yan’s house.

Since Yang Yan was the prime minister of the dynasty, the luxurious rich people could not be bound by the walls and directly opened against the streets with halberds lined outside. When Li Shi was wearing a veil and stood thirty feet outside Yang Yan's house, he saw many powerful and powerful children, all of whom were rushing to come here.

The Yang Yan family's gang officials were more arrogant than Shen Cejun. They were wearing silk and satin clothes and stood on both sides of the family. Many officials of the seventh and eighth grade bowed their heads in front of them, bowed one after another, and some of them stuffed bribes into their arms before they could enter. The sound of silk and bamboo and the teasing of women kept coming out of the wall and drifting everywhere.

When Li Shi heard these sounds, he felt particularly harsh and his face began to turn red from anger.

"Master..." Tang An also felt angry. She thought to herself: "I pawn the dress and hairpin, and she was frugal and frugal. She was so hungry that she was about to faint. Everyone was doing their best to fight the war on the Jingyuan front line. You Yang Yan said with a slight word, "Why do people in the world pay taxes with all their money and blood? But who would have thought that you, the thief of the South Ya slaughter, would you play with me as a fool?"

"Tang An, go to his backyard to have a look."

"Who is this gentleman?" When he walked around to the backyard of Yang Yan's house, several servants walked out carrying the basket and looked at Li Shi standing in front of them impatiently.

When Li Shi saw that there were white rice and various foods in the basket, he introduced himself to "Li Fenglong, a fellow villager," and asked, "What are these?"
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